At its inception, UTSC was called ‘Scarborough College.’ Scarborough College, located at Military Trail and Ellesmere Road, began construction in 1964 and was expected to open in 1965. However, a construction strike resulted in the college not being ready for the incoming class until January 1966 (source: John Ball, The First Twenty-Five Years).
1964: Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute
Scarborough College offered its first courses as ten evening courses, serving over 300 students, at Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute in September 1964.
1965: University of Toronto St. George Campus
Due to delays brought about by a construction strike, Scarborough College students attended classes in the vacant zoology building at the St. George campus from September to December 1965 (Source: John Ball, The First Twenty-Five Years).
1966: Scarborough College
Scarborough College was installed in the Andrews Building in January 1966, with the official opening ceremony held in October 1966 (Source: John Ball, The First Twenty-Five Years). This site located at 1265 Military Trail, Scarborough, Ontario has been the home of UTSC from 1966 to the present day.
Page Bibliography
Ball, John. The First Twenty-Five Years 1965-1989: Scarborough College, University of Toronto. Scarborough, Ontario: Scarborough College, University of Toronto, 1989.
“Birchmount Park CI” by SPVII DrFresh23 is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Birchmount_Park_CI.JPG.
University of Toronto Scarborough Library, Archives & Special Collections, UTSC Archives Legacy Collection, Box 3 – File 1. This image is available at https://collections.digital.utsc.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/utsc%3A473.
University of Toronto Scarborough Library, Archives & Special Collections, UTSC Archives Legacy Collection, identifier: 2011002F1-5_05, by Ken Bell Photography Ltd. This image is available at https://collections.digital.utsc.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/utsc%3A2503.
- Academic Resource Centre – AC
- Arts and Administration Building – AA
- Bibliography
- Bladen Wing
- Environmental Science and Chemistry Building – EV
- Highland Hall – HL
- Instructional Centre – IC
- Leigha Lee Browne Theatre
- Library
- N’Sheemaehn Child Care Centre
- Residences
- Science Research Building – SY
- Social Sciences Building – MW
- Student Centre – SL
- SuperBuild – A New Phase of UTSC
- The Original Scarborough College
- Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre – TPASC